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Category Archives: Books with science links
The Honeybee
The Honeybee is a delightful picture book about the joy of a bee racing and chasing and zooming from flower to flower. There’s a bit of rhyme in the narration, but an excited, buzzing sort of narration as if it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Books with science links, Canadian author/illustrator, Love that art, Picture books
Tagged bees, honeybees, picture book, rhyme
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Give Me Back My Bones!
A skeleton falls apart at the bottom of the sea, and says a rhyme to find back each one of his parts. “Who can spot my shoulder blade, my shrugging jacket-holder blade, my shiver-when-I’m, colder blade? Oh, scapula, come back!” … Continue reading
Posted in Books with science links, Picture books, Rhyme
Tagged fun facts, picture book, pirates, rhyme, skeletons
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A Big Mooncake for Little Star
A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin is a 2019 Caldecott Honor winning picture book, and for good reason. The artwork pops against the lush black night background, and the sweet but mischievous Little Star’s facial expressions add … Continue reading
Posted in Books with science links, Love that art, Picture books
Tagged family, moon, Moon Festival, picture book
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Drawn From Nature
This picture book about the seasons is unique in many ways. First, Helen Ahpornsiri focuses on the animals and their varying activities throughout spring, summer, winter and fall. Little known facts make it an interesting read. Second, Ahpornsiri’s illustrations are detailed collages of … Continue reading
Posted in Books with science links, Nonfiction, Picture books
Tagged nonfiction, picture book, seasons
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You’re Snug With Me
Here’s a cozy story for winter. You’re Snug With Me by Chitra Soundar and illustrated by Poonam Mistry is a warm-hearted story about polar bears and their arctic environment. The illustrations are an intricate tapestry of yellows, purples and blues, and the text … Continue reading
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Tagged arctic region, environment, picture book, polar bears
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The Mushroom Fan Club
The cover and the title drew me to this book. The Mushroom Fan Club by Elise Gravel is shelved under graphic novel at my library, looks more like an easy reader, but I think it’s most like a picture book–an incredibly … Continue reading
Bertolt
I love this sweetly strange book about being different, being a loner and loving a 55-year-old oak. Bertolt by Jacques Goldstein (translated from the French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick) is lovely and though the storyline meanders a bit, I love the … Continue reading
How to Swallow a Pig
How to Swallow a Pig: Step by Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page is an animal guide in a spot-on deadpan tone that gives tons of information while managing to be a page-turner. Unexpected … Continue reading
Posted in Books with science links, Picture books, Uncategorized
Tagged animals, nonfiction
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1 Big Salad: A Delicious Counting Book
Juana Medina‘s creative counting book starts with “one avocado deer”, which is a photographed avocado with antlers and a deer body inked in. The adorable illustrations grow into a colourful and playful salad recipe, complete with a recipe for dressing … Continue reading
Worm Weather
Worm Weather is an ode to playing outside, even in rainy, wormy weather. Jean Taft‘s prose is short and poetic, fun to read aloud. There are rhymes, but it never stretches too hard and stays rhythmic and lively throughout. Matt Hunt’s … Continue reading
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Tagged books for the very young, picture book, weather
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